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- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their away matches so far.
This has all the signs of an interesting match with lots of action and energy as both squads are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's start!
NEC form and stats
The Eredivisie statistics playing at home this season for NEC are 2-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
The NEC supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host FC Groningen in Eredivisie and win 3-0. Souffian El Karouani was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Karouani hit one key pass and won 12 of 15 duels.
In the game before, an away victory in the KNVB Beker match versus Capelle with a 3-0 scoreline.This is expected to be a close game, with NEC perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with NEC as a small favourite), we find four games. NEC has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
The NEC fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 5 matches. NEC have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SC Heerenveen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Eredivisie travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Recent form does not give Heerenveen much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. NEC will be a tough nut to crack.
Home advantage was not enough for Heerenveen in their previous game, as they lost their Eredivisie-match, hosting Vitesse, 1-2. SC Heerenveen goalie Xavier Mous was happy for a first-rate day at work against Vitesse, but even with achieving seven saves the beating could not be helped. Heerenveen were so close to getting something from the game against Vitesse, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime. Xavier Mous (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.04. Mous stopped the opponent with seven saves.
Prior to that result Heerenveen won their away game at AFC in the KNVB Beker. The scoreline was 2-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heerenveen playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were four SC Heerenveen wins, one draw and one defeat.
Heerenveen find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. SC Heerenveen have conceded 6 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: NEC won five, SC Heerenveen were winners in two and we saw three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Veerman 5 goals |   J. Okita 4 goals |  E. Tavsan 3 goals |
NEC missing players
SC Heerenveen missing players
| NEC | SC Heerenveen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 17 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 91% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 55% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 55% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 36% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 36% | 60% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 3.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 5.2 | 4.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.5 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| 4.1 | 5.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| 33% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 28% | 31% |
| 15.5 | 12.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 16.4 | 16.6 |
| 4.5 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 5 |
- NEC have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- SC Heerenveen have scored in all their away matches so far.
- SC Heerenveen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ajax | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 26 |
| 2 | PSV | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Utrecht | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 4 | Feyenoord | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | Vitesse | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -6 | 19 |
| 6 | Willem II | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | NEC | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | AZ | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | FC Twente | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | SC Cambuur | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | SC Heerenveen | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | Heracles | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | RKC Waalwijk | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | FC Groningen | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 10 |
| 16 | Fortuna Sittard | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Sparta Rotterdam | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 18 | PEC Zwolle | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -14 | 4 |